Internet Lottery Frauds and Email Scams
THOMAS BARNES, UK NATIONAL LOTTERY (2005)
This is one of a collection of fraudulent lottery announcements. We are not the source of these messages and we don’t send them! We just collect the ones we receive as junk mail and document them here for the benefit of others. We are not able to respond to inquiries about them. Information about legitimate online lottery services is available elsewhere on the Internet.
If you’ve been a victim of a lottery scam like the one shown below you may wish to contact an attorney or law enforcement officer in your state or country.
From: uknationallotterypromo uknationallotterypromo65@o2.pl
To: winningnotification_uknl@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Winning_Notification
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 03:42:00 +0200
The National Lottery Logo
British National Lottery Headquarters:
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England
Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 6th
August, 2005 in NEWCASTLE UNITED-KINGDOM.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:Ball number 3 Ball number
6 Ball number 7 Ball number 17 Ball number 30 Ball number 34and
Bonus Ball Bonus Ball number 8 ( 03, 06, 07, 17, 30, 34 Bonus Ball
08) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e
match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of £2,209,932 (two million, two hundred and nine thousand, nine
hundred and thirty two British pounds sterling) in cash, credited to
file ktu/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £4,419,864,
shared amongst the first two (2) lucky winners in this category
All participants for this online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your £2,209,932 (two million, two hundred and
nine thousand, nine hundred and thirty two British pounds sterling)
will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security
reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to receive your prize. This is part of
our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned!!
To file for your claim, contact our claims agent below with the
following information.
Mr. BRIAN HUNT Email: winningnotification_uknl@yahoo.co.uk
FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:……………………
CONTACT ADDRESS:…………………………….
CITY/STATE:…………………………………
COUNTRY:……………………………………
NATIONALITY:………………………………..
SEX:…………………..AGE:……………….
MARITAL STATUS……………………………..
TEL NO:…………………………………….
NEXT OF KIN:………………………………..
ANNUAL INCOME:………………………………
AMOUNT WON:…………………………………
REFENCE NO:…………….BATCH NO:…………..
LUCKY NO:………………TICKET NO…………..
SERIAL NO:……………..LOTTERY DATE:……….
Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programs.
Yours faithfully,
THOMAS BARNES
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize
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